Fairfax County Health Department Recognizes ECNV for COVID-19 Response
On November 15, 2022, Fairfax County Health Department recognized the impact of the member organizations of the Multicultural Advisory Council in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Left to Right), Rosalia Fajardo, Dr. Gloria Addo-Ayensu. Dr. Sergio Rimola, and Carla Paredes
Moving On to Life in the Community Resource Fair
On November 10, 2022, Kevina Brown, Rosalia Fajardo and Pansy Walker shared information about ECNV at the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), Moving on to Life in the Community: A Resource Fair.
Bailey’s Crossroads/Culmore Place-Based Initiative
On November 5, 2022, George Mason University and Kaiser Permanente’s Northern Virginia Community Health hosted a community workshop for their Place-Based Initiative.
(Left to Right), Rosalia Fajardo with Katie Wilson, Program Manager, Kaiser Permanente Place-Based Initiative
Virginia Centers for Independent Living (VACIL) Conference
On October 27, 2022, almost everyone at ECNV attended the VACIL Conference in Charlottesville.
ECNV Executive Director Dominique Dunford-Lack listening to Director of Multicultural Families, Rosalia Fajardo give her “elevator speech” about what ECNV does for the disability community.
ECNV Launches New Mentoring Program: RAMP
We are excited to announce that ECNV is partnering up with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) to offer another mentoring program for students with disabilities called Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP)!
RAMP logo
ECNV’s I Am Self-Advocacy Program - Winter Session 2023
On October 27, 2022, almost everyone at ECNV attended the VACIL Conference in Charlottesville.
Three circles overlapping each other with words Self Advocate in the center and words Motivated, Committed, and Passionate on each circle.
ECNV Thanks Lois Curtis for Olmstead
Disabilities activist Lois Curtis died earlier this month on November 2, 2022.
Lois Curtis, outside and near a lake, painting a portrait of a puppy with a red collar.
Arlington Transition Fair
Pansy Walker, Expansion and Outreach Senior and Maya Flores, ECNV volunteer hosted a table at the Arlington Transition Fair on December 10, 2022.
Mother and son find out more about the ECNV I Am Self Advocacy program from volunteer, Maya Flores and Pansy Walker
No Universal Concept of Disability
A standardized concept of disability is not universal.
Inside view of D'Arcee’s Copenhagen hotel room.
ECNV Helps Alexandrians Apply for Guaranteed Income Lottery
On November 8, 2022 ENCV staff member Rosalia Fajardo helped seniors and Latino citizens with disabilities to apply to Alexandria's Recurring Income for Success and Equity’s (ARISE) a guaranteed Income Pilot that will address the longstanding national and institutional problem of the racial income gap.
(Left to Right), An Afro-Latino woman sitting in a wheelchair and Rosalia Fajardo with a laptop and another an Afro-Latina woman sitting in a stool chair
ECNV Voter Registration Outreach
On October 11 and 13, 2022, Pansy Walker and the ECNV team registered the residents of The Fields of Alexandria and The Fields of Old Town to vote.
Left to Right, Ruchika Lalwani and Pansy Walker from ECNV registering people to vote
Welcome to the ECNV Family, Paul Whitney
We're excited to introduce new staff to the ECNV family.
Paul Whitney, a Caucasian male with brown hair, a beard, wearing a dark navy blazer and light blue shirt, smiling at the camera.
Cheers to One Year for I Am Self–Advocacy Program!
The I Am Self–Advocacy Program is celebrating its 1st Anniversary this month.
Three circles overlapping each other with words Self Advocate in the center and words Motivated, Committed, and Passionate on each circle.
Is Travel Training for Me?
The short answer is “Yes”. ECNV’s Travel Training program is back and we are out and about in person.
Angela Taylor, an African–American woman learning how to ride her local DASH bus in her community.
Root Cause of Disability Struggles is Ableism
ECNV’s Ford Foundation supported Agents of Change (AoCs) presented the results of their year-long study of disability and interdependence issues.
2022 Agents of Change End of Year Introduction screenshot, with silhouettes of persons with disabilities and non-persons with disabilities against a tan background
Traveling the World While Black & Disabled
A few weeks ago, a found myself in the backseat of an Uber at 1:30 in the morning coming back from, shall we say, a little nighttime fun with a guy I’d met online.
D'Arcee, an African American with a beard and black rimmed glasses in a black shirt and white sweater, smiling
The Virginia Coalition of Latino Organization
On September 22, 2022, The Virginia Coalition of Latino Organization (VACOLAO), a working alliance among organizations to support the interests of and empower Latino communities, hosted the annual lunch with the general consuls from Mexico, El Salvado, Guatemala, Peru, Argentina and Uruguay to strengthen relations with their governments to better serve the nationals that reside in Virginia.
ECNV board member Dr. Sergio Rimola (left) and Rosalia Fajardo (right) represented ECNV.
Multicultural Celebration & Health Fair
On September 17, 2022, the ECNV outreach team participated in the Multicultural Celebration and Health Fair hosted by St Mark’s Lutheran Church, organized by Fairfax County Health Department, St Mark’s Lutheran Church, Second Story, Asian American Community, and ICNA.
In front Rosalia Fajardo (left) and Margarita Baquero (right). In back, ECNV staff Elaine Shaw (left) and Andrew Shaw (right).
Let’s Chat
On Saturday, September 17, 2022, ECNV staff Andrew and Elaine Shaw decided to check out the Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC) Celebrate Communication Fair held at the Springfield Town Center.
Celebrate Communication 20th Anniversary graphic